Please respond to Pablo or John Ralh.
INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR BIRD MONITORING IN COSTA RICA -- We have
openings for Volunteer Bird Banding Interns at a bird monitoring
station in the coastal Caribbean town of Tortuguero, Costa Rica.
Positions are available throughout the year with the minimum length of
stay around 2 months. Participants are expected to have experience in
identifying birds, and they usually have removed from mist nets and
processed at least 200 landbirds. The Primary Bander will have
extensive experience operating a capture station and can be awarded up
to half their airfare to and from San José, Costa Rica. Latin
American Volunteers are especially encouraged and may be eligible for
other reimbursements. All volunteers receive their room and board
while they are staying at the well-appointed station of the Caribbean
Conservation Corporation, Estacion Biologica, in Tortuguero (http://cccturtle.org/ccc-costarica.htm
). We and our collaborators in Costa Rica have been operating five
monitoring stations near the village for over a decade. We operate
mist nets for resident and migrant species and conduct migration
censuses of the millions of diurnal migrants moving along the coast.
For more information see http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/wildlife/birdmon/landbird/tortuguero/
Positions will be open until filled. Please send (emailed text
documents preferred) a resume and a cover letter that includes your
bird banding experience, ability with Spanish/English, dates
available, three references and any questions to Pablo A. Herrera, paherr...@fs.fed.us
, AND Dr. C. John Ralph, c...@humboldt.edu, 707 825-2994 (fax 707
825-2901), U.S. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700
Bayview Drive, Arcata, California 95521.
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Fabrice De Clerck PhD
Landscape Ecologist/Ecologo de Paisaje
Dept. Agricultura y Agroforesteria
CATIE 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Email: fdecle...@catie.ac.cr
Phone: (506) 2558-2596
Fax: (506) 2558-2046
Web: www.catie.ac.cr
Adjunct Associate
Tropical Agriculture Program
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Email: fd2...@columbia.edu
Skype: fadeclerck
Web:www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/mvp/
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